By David Dunlop, 7 August 2024 The CSC class name has now been decided – the River class. This class of ship will be named after major Canadian rivers. The […]
By Mikael Perron, 3 July 2024 You probably learned like me that the CSC program has become the new River class destroyer and that is a great news! I was […]
By David Dunlop, 23 June 2024 The construction of Australia’s future Hunter-class of frigates took a significant step forward today, when BAE Systems cut steel on the first of six vessels […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 31 May 2024 A highly critical report just released by the US Government Accounting Office (GAO) offers more insight into the currently delayed frigate program in the […]
By Mikael Perron, 13 May 2024 I did get across the publicity from BAE system to announce their participation to this year CANSEC event. I was surprise to discover yet […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 27 April 2024 In 2010, with great fanfare, the federal government in Canada announced the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) that was intended to strengthen this country’s […]
By Dan Middlemiss,7 April 2024 There is a perplexing incongruity at the heart of Ottawa’s surface combatant project. On the one hand, a central rationale of our National Shipbuilding Strategy […]
By David Dunlop Here is a new twist with regard to the CSC Frigate Design Phase for the forum to ponder. I’ve seen new photos depicting the CSC. The photos […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 25 January 2024 CSC Costs: Is This All We Get? Dan Middlemiss David Pugliese reveals that Ken Rubin, a longstanding Access to Information user, recently received nearly […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 20 January 2024 Most of you will recall that David Pugliese reported that DND had pledged to provide a current update for CSC costs by the end […]
By David Dunlop, 14 January 2024 Below is an article from 9 January 2024 in Vanguard Magazine that again underpins the secretive policies of the present government. In the article […]
By Barnacle Bill, 12 January 2024 (Although I appear to be responding to Dr. Middlemiss’s post, I want to create a new post for what follows. Having seen/heard too many […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 10 January 2024 Recently, I was browsing through various articles and reports in an attempt to establish exactly where the CSC project stands. In the course of […]
By Moderator, 27 December 2023 If you’re interested in finding out about the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates, then there’s a very interestingand detailed YouTube video of discussing the ship. […]
By “Jimmy”, 30 November 2023 Naming a warship is an important undertaking, not just for a navy but for the country as a whole. Warships serve as ambassadors on the […]
By David Dunlop, 27 November 2023 According to an article published in Australian Defence Magazine, “Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 19 November 2023 In its written submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence (dated 7 November, published 16 November 2023), Irving Shipbuilding noted […]
By Barnacle Bill, 11 November 2023 I came across this article. It’s called “BAE Offers Evolved Up-Armed Hunter for Australia,” published by Naval News on 7 November: https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/indo-pacific-2023/2023/11/bae-offers-evolved-up-armed-hunter-for-australia/ I have […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 19 October, 2023 An interesting article was just published about the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC).[i] The author, Philippe Lagassé, is a well-respected Canadian academic with a long-time […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 21 September 2023 It has just been announced that Lockheed Martin has been awarded approximately US $64m (C$85m) contract for the establishment of the AEGIS Canadian Surface […]
